Henry Merrick Lawson

Henry Merrick Lawson (30 January 1859-2 November 1933) was a Lieutenant-General of the United Kingdom during the Second Boer War and World War I.

Biography
Henry Merrick Lawson was born on 30 January 1859 and was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy of Woolwich. In 1877, Lawson was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, fighting against Osman Digna's Mahdists in the Suakin Expedition of 1884-85, the Nile Expedition in those same years, and the 1898 Sudan Campaign. In 1916 he commanded special service forces at the front in World War I and founded the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps to do soft jobs that men were doing. His last role was commander of the Italian Expeditionary Force frm 1917 to 1918, retiring in 1921.